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ioD for the appoinlcd pcxiod of time, timeft, bikI half a lime ; aiid muxt tiierefore yii^.ld ntritltcr to the Mooni from the South, TK>r to tlic Normans from the North, nor to the Turcomaos from the West, nor to any other power, until the liI60 years were fulhllcd. whcD indeed they fell prostrate be- fore a Tile power, and are novr waiting for their titter dissohiiion when the beast out of the bottom- less pit shall come forth agaiii. In the study of the history of the world, which is the fittidy of the providence of God, I find nothing more constantly to be obscni'c<l thnn thiSp that when he hath called natiofu^ which arc dis- persed, yea, which arc net, to confound the na* tions which are mightieAt, mast renowned, and most wiiic, they go on in the pride of (heir hearts, and will not be restrained by any bounds or limits, nor brook atty rirol, until the Lord having aceonv- plishcd hia purpose and oonncil by their means, and being weary with their provocations, raiseth up another^ ami commi^sioneth him to spoil the spoiler, and to de^l treacherously with him that dealt treacherously. For after these Turks had posKe&£ed the Baatem part of all Christendom, and the Papal ten-homed kingdoms all the West, these two BtroTC together for three cenlnries, weakening one another's strengtli, bat wholly unable lo pasH oi'cr their appcinled bounds; and silently suffering that Northern )>ower with which the Lord is yet to fill hh hand, to grow onto its UHO 1012 THK uuytho UP or thc KUPHRATES. [Di^' prescot stupendous mai^itude, and en^tdl^ batf the world; which, growing and incrcafiiDg^wasthe firel to beat bacit the Lauifhly Turk, and wear fai within the bounds of the Danube bis appoint limit. And although during all this hemvjr cod with the power of the north for pan of bi« d minion, it was manifest, that hut banner w«& d lon^T a crescent, but a waning moon : yet the wafi na sign of such a falling away as vre ha been taught to expect at the pouring out of the sixt!) vial ; at most, the loss of a battle, or the ccn^ sicn of a province beyond the bounds given into its hands; but no remarkable sabsidencQ visible diminution of its power within ita pro bounds had taken place tv hen the vials began to poured out. And during the pouring out of the first five vials the Turk had coinp;irattvc peace and tran- quillity, when all around his borders ^"as convulsed with war. I may eay» from the French Revolutioo^ when the viala be;^ to be poured out until the orertbrow of the Intidel Power, and the occuptw^B tion of bi